Press drive



Aug. 9, 1932.

H. A. w. WOOD 1,870,546

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' PRESS DRIVE Original Filed May 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Shee 2 wwgw Patented Aug. 9, 1932 hearse stares FATE??? FQ HENRY A. WISE \VOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WOOD NEWSPAZPER MA- CHINERY CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA PRESS DRIVE Application filed May 10, 1929, Serial No. 362,018. Renewed January 6, 1932.

This invention relates to a driving arrangement for a multiple press and folder and is subject matter of my Patent No. 1,699,729,

patented January 22, 1929.

The principal object of the invention therefore is to provide a driving arrangement of as simple and direct a character as possible for the several press units arranged in a manner equivalent to that above described and for the folders.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a printing press showing one form in which this invention can be embodied,

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; and

Fig. 3 is an end view.

. I have shown the invention in a particular formalthough the arrangement of the units of the press maybe changed, with the same principle of driving mechanism retained.

In this case on the floor level there are three or more units 10 arranged parallel with each other and each constituting a complete unit while the upper deck comprises two units 11 arranged in alignment with each other with the axes of the main cylinders arranged longitudinally instead of crosswise as in the lower deck.

There is a double folder consisting of two folders 12 at the end on a level with each other, with the axes of the folding couple arranged parallel with the axes of the main cylinders in the upper deck.

It is to drive the several units above described that this invention is designed. I use a main horizontal driving shaft 14% 8X- tending along the lower deck at about the floor level throughout the combined lengths 'l of the three'lower units and the folder. On

this shaft is the main driving sprocket 15 which receives power from the motor 42, through a motor chain 16. The motor 42 is located beneath and to the driving side of the folder.

At each of the lower decks is a bevel gear 17 on this shaft which is adapted to be connected with and disconnected from the shaft 14: by a clutch 18. Each of these bevel gears drives a vertical shaft 19 and these three vertical shafts, through individual gearing, drives one of the three printing couples of the lower deck. The printing presses constituting these units are shown diagrammatically and the details will not be necessary but it will be obvious that each of the bevel gears 17 can be run with the shaft 1% or any of them can be disconnected by their respective clutches 18.

The paper for these three units is drawn from three reels 20 having web rolls 21 thereon with their axes parallel to the axes of the main cylinders of these units 10 so that the paper will not have to be run over angle bars and the web comes from each of these units in a perfected form and runs over guide rolls 22 above to the drag roll 23 of the folder, without angle bars.

It might as well be stated here that there are two other reels 2% having web rolls 25 for delivering webs to the two upper units 11 also arranged with their a es parallel so that there will be no need of the web being passed over turning bars. The units of the upper deck deliver their webs below and pass over turning bars 26 and come down to the drag roll. 23 of the folders. It will be noted that the paper feeding mechanisms for the two upper units are placed alongside and at 90 to the paper feeding mechanisms for the two lower units nearest the folder.

The folders are not illustrated in detail but in their position as indicated in the drawings there are two of them with the folding rolls 27 and cut ing rolls 28 shown on axes parallel with the axes of the main cylinders of the upper deck units. The drag roll 23 receives the webs from all the units of the press and takes them to the two folding units in an obvious way.

the lower deck connected with the shaft 31 by bevel gears and constant y rotating and the two folding mechanisms connected with the two sets of folding and cutting cylinders 27 and 28 are detachably connected to this shaft by bevel gears 33 and clutches 34. Thus the two folders can be operated together or independently or stopped without interfering with the shaft 31.

The second horizontal shaft 35 which is operated by the shaft 31 is connected to it by bevel gears and runs along the side of the press with its axis parallel to the upper deck cylinders. At its end it is geared to a vertical shaft 36 which, through horizontal shafts 37 and 38 and suitable gearing and a clutch 39, operate the upper deck unit 11 which is most remote from the folders.

The third horizontal shaft 40, operated by the shaft 31 constantly through bevel gears, is on a level with, and perpendicular to, the cylinders of the upper deck and is geared to run the upper deck unit nearest the folder through a clutch 41. Each deck and each folder as stated is provided with a clutch for engagement and disengagement.

' It will be seen therefore that this is a compact arrangement and that theseveral units of the press are run from the main shaft 14 with a minimum of shafting and gearing.

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of the invention, I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited in this respect, but what I do claim is:

1. In a newspaper printing machine, the combination with a lower deck consisting of a plurality of units and an upper deck comprising two units arranged end to end, of a driving shaft Xtending along the units of the lower deck, means for detachably connecting the said driving shaft with the several units of the lower deck so that any of them can be operated and any of them can be stopped, a vertical shaft connected to be rotated by the main shaft and extending up to the level of the upper deck, a shaft parallel with the driving shaft connected with the vertical shaft to be operated therewith and extending throughout the length of the upper deck and having means for driving the printing machine unit at the remote end of the upper deck, means for detaching the unit therefrom, and a second horizontal shaft at right angles to the last named horizontal shaft connected with said vertical shaft and with the printing machine unit in the upper deck at the opposite end thereof for driving it. c

2. In a newspaper printing machine, the combination with a lower deck on the floor level consisting of a plurality of units and each unit having a vertical shaft for driving it, an upper deck consisting of aplurality of units and a folding mechanism located at the end of the lower deck adjacent to one of its units, of a horizontal driving shaft extending atthe floor level along the units of the lower deck, individual means for detachably connecting the saiddriving shaft with each of the several vertical shafts of the units of the lower deck, a vertical shaft at the end of the lower deck connected to rotate with the main shaft and extending up to the level of the upper deck, a shaft parallel with the drifting shaft connected with the vertical shaft to be operated therewith and having means for driving the printing machine unit at the remote end of the upper deck, means for detaching the unit therefrom, and a second horizontal shaft at right angles to the last named horizontal shaft connected with said vertical shaft and with the folding mechanism for driving it.

3. In a newspaper printing machine, the

combination with a lower deck consistin of a plurality of units substantially at the oor level, a horizontal driving'shaft extending along said units substantially at the floor level, a vertical shaft for each of said units disengageably geared to the driving shaft and means for driving each of said units from one of said vertical shafts, of folders arranged at the end of the press, a vertical shaft between the folders and the first of said vertical shafts constantly driven by the driving shaft, a horizontal shaft connected with the vertical shaft for driving said folders, means for detaching each folder independently from said horizontal shaft, and a horizontal shaft geared to the vertical shaft near the top thereof and geared to an upper deck unit to drive the same directly.

4:. In a newpaper printing machine, the combination with a lower deck consisting of a'plurality of units arranged parallel, an upper deck comprising two units arranged end to end and a double folding mechanism located at the end of the lower deck adjacent to one of its units, of a driving shaft, means for detachably connecting the said driving shaft with each of the several units of the lower deck so that any of them can be 0pera-ted and any of them can be stopped, a shaft connected to be rotated by the driving shaft, a third shaft connected with the second shaft to be operated therewith and having means for driving the printing machine unit at the remote end of the upper deck, a clutch for detaching the unit therefrom, a shaft connected with said second shaft and with the printing machine unit in the upper deck at the opposite end thereof for driving it, a clutch in the last named connection, a shaft operated by the second shaft, and connecting gears and two clutches between the last named shaft and the two units of the folder for driving the folder units independently.

5. In a newspaper printing machine, the combination with a lower deck consisting of a plurality of units and an upper deck comprising two units arranged end to end, of means for synchronously driving the units of the lower deck, means for detaching the said driving means from the several units of the lower deck so that any of them can beoperated and any of them can be stopped, means connected to be operated by the main driving means, means connected with the second means to be operated therewith and extending throughout the length of the upper deck and having means for driving the printing machine unit at the remote end of the upper deck, means for detaching the unit therefrom, and means connected with said second means and with the printing machine unit in the upper deck at the opposite end thereof for driving it.

6. In a newspaper printing machine, the combination with a lower deck on the floor level consisting of a plurality of units and each unit having a plurality of means for driving it, an upper deck consisting of a plurality of units and a folding mechanism located at the end of the lower deck adjacent to one of its units, of a main driving means at the floor level for driving the units of the lower deck, individual means for detachably connecting the said driving means with each of the several first named means of the units of the lower deck, means at the end of the lower deck connected to operate with the main drive and extending up to the level of the upper deck, means connected with the second driving means to be operated therewith and having means for driving the printing machine unit at the remote end of the upper deck, means for detaching the unit therefrom, and another driving means connected with the said second driving means and with the folding mechanism for driving it.

7 In a newspaper printing machine, the combination with a lower deck consisting of a plurality of units and an upper deck comprising two units arranged end to end, of means for driving the units of the lower deck, means for detaching the said driving means from the several units of the lower deck so that any of them can be operated and any of them can be stopped, means connected to be operated by the main driving means, means connected with the second means to be operated therewith and having means for driving the printing machine unit at one end of the upper deck,

means for detaching the unit therefrom, and means connected with said second means and with the printing machine unit in the upper deck at the opposite end thereof for driving it.

8. In a newspaper printing machine, the combination with a lower deck consisting of a plurality of units and each unit having a plurality of means for driving it, an upper deck consisting of a plurality of units and a folding mechanism, of a main driving means for driving the units of the lower deck, individual means for detachably connecting the said driving means with each of the several first named means of the units of the lower deck, means connected to operate with the main drive and extending up to the level of the upper deck, means connected with the second driving means to be operated therewith and having means for driving the printing machine unit at one end of the upper deck, means for detaching the unit therefrom, and another driving means connected with the said second driving means and with the folding mechanism for driving it.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af fixed my signature.

HENRY A. WISE WOOD. 

